blue Roberts lo-pro fillet brazed

I have a feeling this may be quite slow project I picked up frame fork and rear wheel a week last wednesday with some wild thoughts of what to do which rapidly cooled off once I was with the frame.
It is a very well crafted frame, atm I'm supposed its SLX tubing, data will be added here once collected e.g. frame weight a measurement or two.
The ultimate plan is to set it with gears, once over the joy of riding it fixed and getting ideas, this will be a stage proses in changing first with bars stem and calipers.
For the brakes in style I was thinking side-pull Athena.
The bars and stem are made a bit more complicated by having leavers I want to use, 20mmø bar end internal routing, I'd be interested to see what Argos say about a modification or someone knowing the right bars.
As a rough guide wheels; Mavic 126OLD to CP19 32h narrow rim.
Cranks gearing; 170mm 10speed I do like older Miche & campag victory.
Saddle Brooks.

I know how all this can all change into what can be done
all be it tatty on paint and scrapes for now with a headset service & some bolts it has been set up with spares for more or less carpark duty's while I get a sense for it.
Huw

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Are you selling the bike sir?

current project is not to sell it sorry I don't know of others available

Okey...im Looking for lo pro if.you know something let me know sir thanks

It will be hard not to flood this with photos. But somethings I've noticed about the frame:
Not too much pinch on the post bolt
The fork shape and clearance

. Including this one I've only ridden four frames and as for quality this one is up with witcomb. as for me riding it the saddle is creeping down a little, as I think about changing the crank from 172.5mm to 170mm, and the steering is coming nicely from the frame. One change that there is are nitto 006 which were ordered late after loseing my phone with not much more thought than they would fit the stem clamp
not sure if I am trying to hangon too much by wanting to use these

Goodluck

although very apparent at first I don't notice the short wheelbase as I have not switched back to another bike or put this through its paces.

Cheers, it should be a good journey

This is moving along. I've just watched these go sky-hi on ebay
as I'm working out how much of this I'll use not victory but triomphe.

Some nice stuff arrived, I'm awaiting a cone and locknut to get the rear hub running smooth, but it's the freehub that excites the most it has one get out of trouble cog of 21t giving 54" .
I think I'll set up the bars tomorrow with a ludicrous 130mm stem.
The bar-end leavers donot fit but I imagine to use the triomphe mounted lower on the bars with the cable having a small loop over to the routeing hole

It is still very 'I hope it works' and I would like to upgrade the calipers but for now it's pretty much on hold and I'm hiding from the finishing cost.
-will post the bars setup with fixedwheel-

Things have changed! I'm picking up a 105 group including Wheelset, so it's just a bb and well fitted stem I'll be looking for

Really needs a shop looking at on five counts from the easiest fitting the correct bb length and getting the gear cables done at the same time, alsoo bit worrying about the wheels alot of movement in the freehub as if the cassette locknut is very slack but it is tight and the front needs truing possibly 3-4 spokes replacing and a re-grease, on the gear cables the bigger problem is the right boss a crack not sure of the intervention needed it's very close to fitting.

I could take a bit off this or the leaver

cassette locknut was just a bit loose freehub fine - wheels are nice

Nice project, are you planning on building this up into a proper TT machine again? Got a Roberts lo pro myself, such nice bikes!

I don't do timetrials myself, nor segments or racing but this does have a job to do which is get me up a few hills three times a week so getting it to workings gears is what I'm after, as my TT days are as far behind me as they are for the frame. I do have Moser bars with a stem issue, being that the SLX tubing only allows a minimum insert, and I don't have the right length.
There has been a very similar frame with a 650front on sale here before did you get yours direct?

No, got it from this forum about a year ago, mine also has 700/700 geometry.
Yes, the short head tube was an issue for me too when finding a stem, in the end I had to file down the stem bolt a bit

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fuck that's Air tubing and Zeus ends! I'm a bit blown away.
My one is at Argos like hospital for frames and has a long way to go but yours is just great.
I could try the bar idea but I've no reason to go aero with elbow tuckin - it could become a thing about having to try it.
It's a great find thanks for showing it is pure niceness like a blade. I'll speak to Argos about stem / steer tube modification.

This is on a downer from dangerous wheels! But on the up, the right side gear boss has been replaced, and gears cabled up to work lush.
If the handlebar setup is to be kept the reverse bar-end leavers will be a must and the ones I have are not fitting the ends - but that's minor - the big kick [literally from the feeling of being thrown off the dam thing] are the wheels so opening my eyes to other (even stupid without keeping) rims amid some swearing.

Just donning the idiot hat here for a while.
So I swapped the front wheel to another frame with the result of it's functioning better (with rockhard brake blocks) there.
And switched the calipers to 105 with anyold softish pads & that's now working better on this frame.
Within time I'll marry up the wheelsets to match again - just now even the memory of how they were functioning seems a nightmare.